The Middle Way Method
Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up
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New Year, New Goals
With the new year recently arrived, and the end of the World avoided, it’s time to contemplate my resolutions, goals, and projects. I use these interchangeably, because I use projects to decide what I want to accomplish. Most New Year’s Resolutions are short lived, and fall by the wayside. Life’s...
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Handling Life Changes
One of the strengths of using a productivity system is that a routine develops. I find I know when to do different things each day, like I have a daily auto-pilot. Change in life can occur suddenly, and throw off your well designed system and routine. When my schedule unexpectedly changes I...
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My Current Middle Way Method Productivity System
Over the years as my productivity method has evolved the system I have used has changed. I have bounced between trying to use various digital systems, to using various planner and notebook systems. In the course of all of this I have found a use for digital tools as well...
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Ten Tips For Improved Productivity and Success
I thought about ways to improve productivity and increase your success. Here is my list of ten tips for improved productivity and success. Keep hesitation to a minimum. Take your big idea and try it on a smaller scale. Make failure a stepping stone to success. Define the scope and...
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Using a Tickler System
The last article I wrote went over how to make a Forty-three Folders Tickler system. I described how to put it together to make it ready for use. I want to go over some uses for the system this time. The tickler system is useful for managing papers. Think of...